the relay of friendship

as promised ..

my friend trina .. a girl that i have known since i lived at 1026 n hickory place .. what is it about the address that you had to memorize for kindergarten .. i will never forget it .. anyway .. trina lived at the end of the street .. the end of 1026 n hickory place .. i was 5 or 6 i guess .. so we have been friends that long .. she lives in texas now .. you can check her blog out at .. www.feedthebirdies.blogspot.com .. she invited me to play .. so here are the answers to her questions ..

What did you first want to be when you grew up? a teacher .. i can remember playing school in a little red shed that santa brought us for christmas one year .. i had a chalk board and maps and everything .. my mom would bring home extra papers from the shop and all my "students" would fill them in and then i would grade them .. everyone always made a 100 because i was a great teacher ..

a little side note .. those of you that have known me long enough know that i was a teacher .. i taught 6th and 7th grade science .. i loved it !!!

Favorite Cartoons? smurfs .. and popeye ..

Favorite childhood game? not sure ..

Favorite birthday? 21 .. my mom and dad came to ou and surprised me .. i know this isn't a question but i am adding it in ..  worst birthday .. 30 .. ugh .. i wanted to crawl under a rock and stay there for an entire year .. i can remember feeling so old .. it was weird ..

i will turn 40 in february .. i am optimistic as to how it will go  ...

Something you have always wanted to do and haven't done yet?  i want to go to the grand canyon and yellow stone with my kids

What was your first love?  Buck .. my horse that i got for christmas when i was 11 or so .. i was so madly in love with that horse .. he was a great horse ..

First musical idol?  Prince ... i still listen to his music today !

Favorite gift?  my kitchen aid mixer that i got from jeff's grandparents as a wedding gift ..

If a theme song played for you everywhere you went, what would it be?  i am going to change this a bit .. if a theme song played every time you went boating what would it be .. it would be jam packed .. and folsom prison blues ..

Favorite city to visit?  new york .. to see my other oldest friend .. kim .. and her new sweet baby molly and her very witty husband patrick